Sediment cup



. MISENER.

SEDIMENT CUP.

FILED NOV 22, I920 Feb. 20, 1923.

Patented Feb. 20, 1923. I

JOHNII. MIsErtEn, or" sYaeoUsnnEw roan.

Application filed. November 1920. Serial No. 425,671.

' To'all-whom it may concern: v j

Be it known that 1, JOHN I. MrsENnR, a citizen of the United States, residing at Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Sediment- Cup, of which the following is a specification. Y

My invention has for its object a means for removing the sediment such as carbon, dirt water, kerosene etc. from lubricating oils and is particularly adapted for use in connection with the lubricant drain port of internal combustion engines and the like,

.' and consists of a sediment cup which is very simple in construction and highly efficient and durable in use.

In describing this'invention,'reference is had to the accompanying drawings in which like characters designate corresponding parts in all the views.

1 Figurel is a sectional view of my sediment cup, a portion of an engine base beingthan the oil and settles to the lowest point of the engine base, or lubricant container.

My object is to provide a simple and cheap means of removing this sediment with'a mmimum amount of labor and waste, and my lnvent on comprises generally a sediment cup comprising a part provided at one end with a threaded nipple for attaching said part to the drain port of a lubricant container, a passage through said port, the

aspring for holding said head on its seat,

upper end of said passagebeing provided with a valve seat, a sediment container threading upon the other end of saidpart a valve head'coacting with saidvalve seat,

a valve stem projecting from said valve head and coacting with the bottom of the sediment container for raising said valve head from its seat after the sedlmentcontainer has been connected to the drain port, and

allowing said valve to seatagain before the sediment container-or cup has been'r emoved. In Fig. 1, of the drawings, I have shown any sediment cup" tal ting "the place; of y the drain plug in the drain port 1 of an engine base 2. 3 is the nipple threading into the part 1 and provided with a valve seat 4:, said seat 4 being flush with the lowestoil level of the engine base or lubricant container.-

5is the sediment container and as here shown consists of cup-shaped member threading upon the lower end of'the nipple 3. 6 is the valve head-and 7 is thevalve I stem integral therewith, said valve stem extending through the hollow nipple '3 and coacting with the bottom 8 of the cup 5 for raismg the valve head 6. from its seate.

9 is a web extending across the nipple part 3, said web 9 forming a guide for the valve stem 7. 10 is-a springon the valve I I head 11 on the lowerend of the: valve stem between/the web 9 and the knurled stem, saidspring returnsthe'valve head-to its seat when the cup 5 is adjusted downwardly, as shown in dottedline's, Fig. 1;;

As shown in Fig. 2, the valveiseat 12 may port 13. 1

15 is a spring catch coactingwith notch i for locking;

16 in the upper edge of the cup 5 the cup 5 to the nipple 3..

In operation, the cap 5 .8 c be made integral with the drain port 1 3 and the sediment cup '14 threaded upon said:

is screwed up until the valve is lifted from its seat as shown in cup 5.

By this constr sediment may be taken off without wasting the lubricant and without spilling any-of the sediment as the valve closes before the cup 5 is removed and opens after saidcup replaced and the cup 5, owing to' the telescopingarrangement of the-cup 5-over the part v3, is of sufficient capacity to hold the entire amount of sediment etc; below the valve 6 after said valve has seated;

By my two piece cup constructionga' sediment trapcan be produced'to fit the dif ferent size drain ports by simply-providing .Fig. l. The sediment .cup is preferably ref i v i moved when the motor is at rest and-the sedimentv hasv hadtime to settle into the I uctionofsediment cupthe.

the part 3 with the proper'size nipple,.there- 1 by producing a sediment cup to fit any drain port at a very, small cost.- v

What Iclaim is:

1. In combination with an oil drain port, a two-part sediment cup, one of said parts being provided at its upper end with an externally threaded hollow nipple, said nipple being provided with a valve seat at its extreme end, the other part comprising a removable container for the sediment, said last mentioned part telescoping over the lower end of the first mentioned part, a ball valve coasting with said valve seat, and supported by the first mentioned part, and means for closing said valve before the last mentioned part has been removed and open ing said valve after said part has been replaced.

2. In combination with an oil drain port, a two-part sediment cup, one of said parts being provided at its upper end with an externally threaded hollow nipple, said nipple being provided with a valve seat at its extreme end, the other part comprising a removable container for the sediment, said last mentioned part telescoping over the lower end 01" the first mentioned part, a ball valve supported by the first mentioned part and coaeting with said valve seat, a spring for holding said valve on its seat, a valve stem projecting downwardly from said ball valve, and ooaoting with the bottom of the last mentioned part to close said valve be fore the last mentioned'part has been removed and to open said valve after said last mentioned part has been replaced.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my name, at Syracuse, in the county 01? Onondaga, and State of New York, this 13th day of November, 1920.

JOHN I. MISENER. 

